Terrier Tank railway locomotive at Havant Station - WIP stages
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| Stages of painting the railway locomotive at rest |
This railway themed painting was
produced during November 2019, and is based on a poor quality
photograph taken during 1957 at Havant station, UK. The photo above
shows work in progress over four panels. In the first can be seen the
initial drawing done in brown acrylic paint on top of a brown wash.
As the painting referred to an old blurry and contrasty photograph, a
lot of research had to be done to actually see what the everything
actually looked like in terms of detail, as it was hidden in the
shadows or difficult to make out. Not just the locomotive but the
buildings and cars. Also the original picture had two men crewing the
locomotive, but these were reposed by a friend and redrawn in to the
scene. Once the scene was nailed down the first application of
thinned oil paint is made in the form of underpainting, which gives a
indication of areas of colour using darker tones/ hues. In the third
panel thicker paint has been applied over the underpainting which is
more in keeping with the final intended tone/ colour. The final panel
shows the completed oil painting which also had an addition layer of
'glaze' or transparent paint applied to enhance colour/ contrast
within the scene. This railway scene can be looked at in detail by
following this link.
